That moment when you're hearing a song you like and someone says "the original is better"; your mind explodes and you start to question if we live in an alternate reality or not... well... not like that either, but you really wonder where I was all this time? and why didn't you know something so important? Especially being your favorite song.
A cover is an adaptation, or reinterpretation of a musical work that maintains its soul and that the musician reinterprets, overwrites it, adding that plus that the difference of the original.
The following are 5 songs that probably would never have crossed your mind that were covers:
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Original de Robert Hazard)
It was unthinkable that this feminine hymn should have been written and sung by a man. Robert wrote this song in 1979, but four years later, Cindy Lauper was responsible for positioning it on top of the hit charts of the time.
Twist and Shout - The Beatles (Original de Top Notes)
The Beatles definitely made this song famous, but it was written by Phil Medley and recorded by Top Notes. This band, which was active during the 1960s, had no major impact on the industry, which The Beatles took advantage of.
Herido - Johnny Cash (Original de Nine Inch Nails)
This is a bit mind-blowing; Cash performed this song in 2002 but the original author of it is the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The song first appeared on the band's album The Downward Spiral in 1994.
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (Original of Ednaswap)
Torn was performed by Australian singer and actress Natalie Imbruglia in 1997 but it should be noted that the authorship belongs to the band Ednaswap, an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California whose song was written in 1993.
The original song and cover have many similarities.
I Will Always Love You - Witney Houston (Original by Dolly Parton)
In 1992, Witney Houston delighted the world with a success that curiously is not his own. I Will Always Love You, known worldwide for being the song of one of the most mythical scenes in Ghost, belongs to Dolly Parton.
Parton performed this song for the first time 18 years before Houston released it. The original maintains a country folk sound, very different from the 1992 version.
